La Queimada - Playa de San Lorenzo, Gijón - Asturias España

La Queimada is an ancient tradition in Galicia, a midnight ceremony in which queimada, a fiery drink, is prepared from a liquor, lemon rind, sugar and coffee beans set on fire in a clay pot. I suspect that the original version of this used mead many years ago. The "bruxos" - the sorcerers - chant an incantation to the sound of Gallic bagpipes to send witches to their death in the brew.

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• Queimada
• Galicia
• España
• Spain
• Asturias
• Gijón
• ceremony
• gallic
• bagpipes
• bruxos
• beach
• playa